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Jordan Bernard
How does studying “abroad” in DC compare to studying abroad elsewhere?
By Jordan Bernard
Spring 2014
Me with some of my coworkers from the VA
In Summer 2013 I was lucky enough to spend my time in Dublin, Ireland on the BU Summer Internship Program. It was truly one of the most amazing experiences of my life and the entire summer went by in a blur of fun. My internship was great, the city was great, the bars were great, and the culture was great. But at the end of the day my time spent there was incredible because of the experience I had immersing myself in a country that was new to me and most likely not going to be in my itinerary in the near future. It was an opportunity to forget that I was a rising senior and was going to return to America to a whirlwind of job searches and squeezing in those last minute requirements. I chose to come to Washington, DC my last semester at BU hesitantly in a last-ditch effort to figure out what I wanted to do when the dreaded May graduation date rolled in. As the final weeks in the program approach, I can honestly say that all the fun I had in Ireland could not even come close to competing with my experience in Washington.
